Exercise, Nutritional Status, Sleep
Conditions
Brief summary
A crisis situation leads to changes in life. During December 2019, many people contracted pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. On January 7, 2020, the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) was identified as the cause of this disease. Within five months, the virus spread around the globe and forced countries to restrict public life. Due to the high infection rates in Europe, a lockdown followed between March and April 2020 (except in Sweden). As the number of infections decreased, European countries began to gradually relax the lockdown from May 2020. The lockdown and the later stages of loosening have an impact on lifestyle. Institutions of higher education must also adapt to this situation and have switched to distance learning. The University of Applied Sciences of Bern (BFH), Department of Health Professions with the Departments (DHP) of Nutrition and Dietetics and Physiotherapy, considers the question of the degree to which nutritional and exercise behavior has changed. The findings provide recommendations for future crises for students and employees of the BFH-DHP. In order to achieve this, at the BFH-DHP two anonymous online surveys will be conducted.
Detailed description
There is little evidence of how physical activity and eating behavior changes during a pandemic period and in the period after a pandemic period of students and employees at the BFH-DHP. This observational study will assists to determine the impact of an immediate change within a pandemic on physical activity, nutrition, sleep and alcohol consumption and the consequences after a period of one year.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCovid19
Impact of the COVID19-pandemic on physical activity, nutritional habits and sleeping behavior during an extraordinary period of confinement and social distancing, during the loosening phase and social distancing and the phase after the pandemic.
Sponsors
Slavko Rogan
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
* Students from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions * Students from the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health Professions
Exclusion criteria
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Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Physical activity 2020 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period | Mean number of minutes spent physically active (standing, walking, running) per day. A validated German short version of the international physical activity questionnaire (iPAQ-SF) will be used to assess physical activity over the last seven days |
| Physical activity 2021 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021 | Mean number of minutes spent physically active (standing, walking, running) per day. A validated German short version of the international physical activity questionnaire (iPAQ-SF) will be used to assess physical activity over the last seven days |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nutrition 2020 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period | Mean number of habitual food and nutrient intake per day |
| Nutrition 2021 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021 | Mean number of habitual food and nutrient intake per day |
| Alcohol 2020 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period | Liters of pure alcohol per day |
| Alcohol 2021 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021 | Liters of pure alcohol per day |
| Sleep 2020 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period | Average number of hours of sleep during the night |
| Sleep 2021 | During COVID-19 pandemic crisis: the survey will be conducted within an one month period in 2021 | Average number of hours of sleep during the night |
Countries
Switzerland
Contacts
Primary ContactSlavko Rogan, Ph.D
Outcome results
None listed